Essential Dharma Class: Dharma and Awakening for Ordinary People

When

January 17, 2018

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Location

Durango Dharma Center

Registration

Registration Fee - Base – $45.00

Registration Fee - Mid – $65.00

Registration Fee - Supporting – $85.00

We encourage those with financial considerations to reach out for registration-fee assistance. Please make sure to apply BEFORE registering since refunds are difficult with our system. Contact Terry Leonard, 970-799-0084, tleonard@frontier.net. Thank you!

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DHARMA AND AWAKENING FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE

An essential dharma class

with Maureen Fallon-Cyr

SIX Wednesdays starting jan. 17, 6:00 – 8:00 pm

In his book After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age, author Stephen Batchelor offers a vision of Buddha’s life based in his humanity. By transcending Buddhist dogma and offering the teachings in a secular context, Batchelor brings the dharma fully alive for householders and serious students of Buddhism.

In this class series, we will use an experiential orientation to deepen our understanding of the Buddha's teachings. Through mindfulness, didactic lessons, group exercises and lively discussion, we'll bring the teachings to life and practice ways to bring dharma into our everyday lives.

Participants are asked to purchase the book After Buddhism, which is available at Maria's Bookshop for a 15% discount when you mention you are part of the class. There will be weekly reading assignments as part of our learning together. All levels of practitioners are welcome.

DATES: Wednesdays, January 17 - February 21 from 6:00-8:00 pm

VENUE: Durango Dharma Center, 1800 East 3rd Ave.

COST: Sliding scale $45, $65, $85. Financial assistance is available by contacting Terry Leonard, whose info is below. Your registration fee supports the Durango Dharma Center. Our programs are offered on the basis ofdana, a practice of shared (or mutual) generosity that has been alive since the time of the Buddha. At the end of the program, there will be an opportunity to offer a donation to the teacher.

REGISTER: Online on this website or via the downloadable registration form with the registration fee payable to Durango Dharma Center. Please send form to Liz Cosgrove, 1820 Glenisle Avenue, Durango, CO 81301.

MORE ABOUT MAUREEN FALLON-CYR:Maureen Fallon-Cyr is a senior dharma leader at the Durango Dharma Center and has practiced mindfulness and meditation since 1994. She has attended multiple silent meditation retreats, including month-long retreats, and is a graduate of Spirit Rock's Advanced Practitioners Program. A graduate of Smith College and a certified Hakomi therapist, Maureen has worked as a mindfulness-based psychotherapist with children and adults for over twenty-five years. As a wife and mother of two children, Maureen is deeply committed to the path of awakening as a householder. Through her combination of spiritual practice and psychology, Maureen enjoys teaching embodiment practices that lead to awakening.